Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

China and Russia have signed a new agreement to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon, designed to support a fully autonomous research station at the lunar South Pole. The International Lunar ...

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I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the edge of the boat and pointed his ...

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Senate Democrats just blocked a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, after Republicans tried to advance a ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier than believed.

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In a new paper published in Nature, a team led by University of Chicago paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged reported the discovery of the first Paranthropus specimen from the Afar region of ...

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient landscapes at heights of up to 8 meters. They had smooth trunk-like pillars and ...

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